My Mithra

After your prayers, become a person, bit better

By doing this you will definitely become a trendsetter.

Throw away anger, meanness, jealousy, ego n pride

See and ascertain that because of your behavior, no one has cried.

Armin Dutia Motashaw

પ્રગટાવજે તુઝ હૃદયમાં એક નાનકડો દીવડો, દિવાળીના દિવસે, આજે

ફોડતો નહીં ફટાકડા, જોજે એનાથી કોઈ છોકરું કે જાનવર નહીં દાઝે

સીંચજે આં દિવડામાં ભલાઈ નું તેલ, વાટ એની, તારું અંતર મન ઝલકાવે

જ્યોતિ એ દિવડાની, એનો પ્રકાશ, તારું હૃદય પ્રેમથી છલોછલ છલકાવે

શુભ દીપાવલી ની, સૌને શુભેચ્છા.

Armin Dutia Motashaw

SHARE

People so easily share happiness, joy, fun with a friend or a host

But when it comes to sharing pain of another, only very few can boast

Insensitive or busy we become, always running short of time

Believe me, this indifferent attitude of ours is almost a crime.

A call or two we definitely make, on hearing about death, disease or illness

But do we help out? reach out to them? to share pain n ensure their wellness

Do think, a formality so different is, from genuine care n concern about someone

Duty-bound people may go a step further n help offer; but there is care little or none

Let us genuinely reach out to people in pain, like a few good friends of mine did, in my hour of need

Children n grandchildren are rock like support, even morsels of food, us they feed.

A big THANK YOU to all my dear ones, my Freyu, family and friends who stood by me

Freyu if it were not for your unconditional love n support, to go through this, able I wouldn't be.

Armin Dutia Motashaw

હસતું રમતું જીવન, લાગવા માંડ્યું છે એક ભારી ભરખમ બોજ

ચાલી ગયો નીલ ગગનમાં, મને એકલી મૂકીને, દૂર કહીંક, મારો એ દિલસોઝ

ભીડમાં એકલવાયું જીવન થઈ ગયું છે; ભરી મહેફિલમાં અંધારું છવાયું છે

આપણે જે ગીત બીજાઓ માટે ગાતાં, તે આજે આપણે માટે ગવાયું છે

"ઓ નીલ ગગનના પંખેરુ તું કાં ન પાછો આવે....... મને તારી યાદ સતાવે....."

તું કેવો છે, ક્યાં છે, કોઈ તો મને અણસારો આપે, કાંઈક તો બતાવે.

Armin Dutia Motashaw

THIS DIWALI

Instead of spreading pollution with crackers, please, please, please a tree plant

Because manind has taken a wrong turn; in Nature, there is a deteriorating slant;

Every ******* we burst, will pollution in our environment immediately increase

A tree planted by us, or even indoor plants small; this will definitely decrease.

Also, instead of making China richer n more powerful; who, on our  land encroach;

Let us buy mud "diyaas", from our own poor brethren; come, let us, them approach.

Mithais enjoy let us, our own traditional ones Laddoos, Pedas, Jalebis

After all, Cadbury, Nestle, Toblerons, Lindt, Lindor etc are not our alibi.

All our hard earned money, let us, in our country, for our India keep

Encourage let us our own arts and crafts, at Tribal Jewellery, please do definitely peep.

Feel very good I, when some deeds useful and good I do, boost they, my morale.

In my important endeavor, please do join me, I bet you, it will also increase your morale.

Armin Dutia Motashaw

BOTTLING UP BITTERNESS

How much can one bottle up bitterness, just easy this is not;

In the web of depression, one shouldn't ever be caught.

How does one get rid of this bottled up bitterness n pent up anger ?

Ah ! burst one day this anger will, after all, one is human not a store house of anger.

This bottled up stuff leads to depression, hypertension or disease of the heart

Then poor you, become you will, of these complications an unavoidable part.

So bottle your emotions do not, I tell myself, pour them out in ways some

I write them out, paint or sing them away; but some desperados take to ***.

If none of these help, just a kind shoulder seek n cry your heart out.

After you left for your heavenly home Vispi, of crying, I get an urge, a big bout

Come in memories, like a cascade of water, a huge, violent water fall gushing

Even if try I to stop them, with a smile fake;  these tears just come rushing

Bottled up emotions, becoming dangerous are, heart, body, mind n soul they affect

And more often than not, excruciating, long lasting n permanent are its effects.

Armin Dutia Motashaw.

HOME COMING

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AIR INDIA

On this day, on 15th October in1932 Jeh flew down with his cute baby to Bombay

After success great and celebrations many, where there was lots of funfare n play ;

Teething problem baby had, like any other child would, after all it was a part of the growing up way.

For some years everything was going good, till some jealous eyes wouldn't let her with Jeh stay

Stay with the person who made her, nurtured her so very painstakingly; Jeh was kept at bay.

Years dragged, she became feeble, unfit, unworthy, every buerocrat managed to her slay.

Then something happened, Ratan brought her home with love, a huge amount he had to pay.

But now at last the baby is in her uncle's or cousin's loving arms, forever to stay.

Regain her health soon she will, rejoycing are we, all who love her. Wishing you, dear lady, a very happy Birthday.

NB: how I wish I could work again with Ratan's Air India.

Armin Dutia Motashaw